Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Non-English-speaking immigrants detained in Louisiana are being denied access to translation and interpretation services, leaving them unable to request medical care or file complaints about abusive treatment immigrants’ rights advocates say.

Immigration attorneys and advocates say audio of the Louisiana ICE facility staff’s response to a seizure a detainee suffered underscores alleged negligence.

Watch a replay of the Gulf States Newsroom's virtual listening session for Bobbi-Jeanne Misick's series on the experiences of Cameroonian asylum seekers.

The Gulf States Newsroom and Type Investigations will host a listening session and conversation on Bobbi-Jeanne Misick’s three-part audio series.

The attorneys and advocates who filed the complaint on Daniel Cortes De La Valle’s behalf are asking ICE to release him immediately.

A man held at the ICE facility in Jena said detainees are being held in some cases up to three months after receiving their final deportation notices.

A Gulf States Newsroom investigation digs into the Deep South’s thorny regional immigration system and the obstacles and steep odds at every turn.

Two men who speak a rare language languished in Louisiana and Mississippi detention centers — in part, they say, because they weren't able to share their experiences in their native tongue.

Black immigrants who were formerly held in two detention centers in Louisiana are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end contracts with the facilities. Through a complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, they claim that the detention centers staff and officers engaged in "abusive, inhumane, criminal and racially discriminatory practices."

Advocates say asylum seekers, many of whom are Cuban, Haitian and Venezuelan, are not being tested before entering Louisiana and Mississippi communities.